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Updated through 2024NTEE K · Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition nonprofitexecutive pay

Median top-executive pay across 2,789 food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofits, 2020 – 2024. Each organization is counted once at its most recent filing, using the highest-paid leader reported on IRS Form 990, Schedule J.

Organizations that address food, agriculture, and nutrition, including food assistance, farmland preservation, and agricultural programs.

Median executive pay
$62,000
The typical food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofit's highest-paid executive earns $62,000 in total reported compensation.
25th pct
$27k
75th pct
$110k
90th pct
$186k
2,789 organizations · 2020 – 2024
Percentile distribution

Where the middle 50% lands.

Half earn between $27k and $110k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $186k, roughly 3.0 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.

PercentileTotal compMeans
90th$186,001Top 10% of earners
75th$109,85425% earn more than this
50th · median$62,000The typical executive
25th$27,32525% earn less than this
10th$9,15010% of executives earn less than this
By organization size

Bigger budgets, bigger paychecks.

Median executive pay rises with organization revenue. Each band shows the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of top-executive pay for food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofits in that revenue range.

Revenue band25thMedian75thOrgs
Under $1M$16k$37,547$65k1,630
$1M – $10M$66k$96,429$132k861
$10M – $100M$137k$190,676$256k257
$100M – $500M$269k$337,372$443k40
Revenue bands with fewer than 5 organizations are not shown.
Geography

Pay varies by state.

District of Columbia pays $35,353 more than the national median across food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofits.

By role

Benchmark a specific Food, Agriculture & Nutrition role

Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofits.

Board & trustee pay

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition board & trustee pay norms

7% of food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofits pay at least one board member or trustee, with a typical per-person payment of $7,598 across a median board of 4 paid members.

Organizations paying board members
7%
Median board pay
$7,598
Median paid board size
4
By filing type
Form 990: 9%
Form 990-EZ: 5%
Form 990-PF: 6%
Directory

Food banks, sustainable agriculture organizations, nutrition education programs, and farmland preservation groups. Includes hunger relief, community gardens, and agricultural research. There are 7,153 food, agriculture & nutrition organizations in our database with compensation data from IRS Form 990 filings. Use the table below to browse them, or sort by revenue, location, or number of reported executives.

Organizations in Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

7,153 organizations · Page 4 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
VIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANKHamptonVA$26.9M3
YAD ELKA INCBrooklynNY$26.7M0
FOOD BANK OF NORTHERN INDIANA INCSouth BendIN$26.7M2
THE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURIColumbiaMO$26.7M0
SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIOLorainOH$26.6M1
GEORGIA FEDERAL-STATE SHIPPING POINT INSPECTION SERVICE INCAlbanyGA$26.5M2
FEED AMERICA FIRST OF TENNESSEEMurfreesboroTN$26.3M1
SLOUGH FARM FOUNDATIONEdgartownMA$26.2M1
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA FOOD BANKShreveportLA$26.1M1
OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR INCOklahoma CityOK$26M9
MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICAArlingtonVA$25.5M13
FEEDING AMERICA KENTUCKY'S HEARTLAND INCElizabethtownKY$25.4M0
SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INCLubbockTX$25.3M1
LIFECARE ALLIANCEColumbusOH$25.2M1
SMFB NMTC SUPPORT CORPPhoenixAZ$25M4
CHANNEL ONE INCRochesterMN$24.9M1
GREATER LANSING FOOD BANKLansingMI$24.8M1
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI FOOD BANK INCSikestonMO$24.6M1
WEDONTWASTE INCDenverCO$24.5M3
WELD FOOD BANKGreeleyCO$24.3M2
FOODCORPS INCPortlandOR$24.2M13
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA INCMuncieIN$24.1M1
FEED THE HUNGRY PANTRY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INCPalm Beach GardensFL$24M0
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF THE MAHONING VALLEYYoungstownOH$23.6M1
AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INCSavannahGA$23.5M1
THE AGRICULTURAL AND LABOR PROGRAM INCWinter HavenFL$23.3M2
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONFort CollinsCO$23.3M11
NEW YORK COMMON PANTRYNew YorkNY$23.2M6
CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCEColumbusOH$22.9M5
Community BridgesWatsonvilleCA$22.7M6
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NW PA INCEriePA$22.6M1
NORTHEAST IOWA FOOD BANKWaterlooIA$22.2M1
WORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INCShrewsburyMA$22.2M1
MARION-POLK FOOD SHARE INCSalemOR$22M3
FEEDING THE FOOTHILLSRosevilleCA$21.8M2
FREDERICKSBURG REGIONAL FOOD BANKFredericksburgVA$21.7M2
Food Bank of AlaskaAnchorageAK$21.7M6
NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATIONChesterfieldMO$21.6M30
CCOF CERTIFICATION SERVICES LLCSanta CruzCA$21.6M6
HCFN TITLE HOLDING CORPORATIONKansas CityMO$21.5M4
The National Restaurant Association Educational FoundationWashingtonDC$21.4M12
FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INCMerrillvilleIN$21.2M1
THE SOCIETY OF ST ANDREW INCBig IslandVA$21.2M1
TOMCHEI SHABBOS D'LAKEWOOD INCLakewoodNJ$21M3
YUMA COMMUNITY FOOD BANKYumaAZ$21M1
ST MARY'S COMMUNITY SERVICESStocktonCA$21M1
FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THENew HopeMN$20.9M1
Food Research & Action CenterWashingtonDC$20.8M9
FOOD & WATER WATCHWashingtonDC$20.7M6
Feeding the Valley IncColumbusGA$20.7M0